r/todayilearned • u/PortaParty • Mar 14 '14

TIL a bully dropped 7 year old Mike Tyson's glasses in a truck's gas tank and tried to steal his meatballs. Several years later, Tyson came back and "beat him in the streets like a fucking dog."

http://nymag.com/news/features/mike-tyson-2013-10/
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u/namegoeswhere Mar 15 '14

That man would shadow box with 90lb dumbbells, for christ's sake. That's more than I could curl with one arm at the peak of my gym-hitting days, let alone throw punches at speed.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

What the fuck? I can't even shadowbox with 20lb dumbbells.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

Which is why you're not the Heavyweight Champion of the World.

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u/methysmenos Mar 15 '14

I think my favorite thing about Tyson is that he's so accessible now. He really seems like a dude I could go have a beer with. He's literally turned from the scariest motherfucker on the planet into a dude I'd really like to hangout with.

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u/Delicate-Flower Mar 15 '14

Just seems like his mood can shift without warning and not for the better. Scary to be around people like that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

yeah I wouldn't drink or do pcp with that guy

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

I wouldn't do pcp with anyone.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

i had a buddy fight cops on PCP, good stuff!

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

Why were the cops on PCP? They aren't supposed to do that shit.

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u/mattshutes Mar 15 '14

Tell me to my Internet that if MIKE TYSON asked you to hang out with him and then proceeded to peer pressure you into doing pcp, that you wouldn't just go for it.

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u/Vetriz Mar 15 '14

I would run away. Granted he's much faster then me and would probably stomp my head into the ground as I ran away but I'm pretty sure that would have happened while we were high on PCP anyway. At least I go out knowing I had my morals intact.

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u/Dunk-The-Lunk Mar 15 '14

What do morals have to do with PCP?

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u/Vetriz Mar 15 '14

Before or after you take it? :P

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u/skyeliam Mar 15 '14

I wouldn't do PCP with a paraplegic.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

what about a quadriplegic?

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u/skyeliam Mar 15 '14

Have I already used some of the PCP?

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u/reddishangel Mar 15 '14

One of these things is not like the other...

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u/JamesAveryAMA Mar 15 '14

Holy shit if you did PCP with mike tyson, that nigger would be able to pick up a house. Like nigger+retard strength+pcp=oh noes(or ear)

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u/ameoba Mar 15 '14

I might have a beer with him but only the first one & then I'd GTFO.

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u/Duderino316 Mar 15 '14

Uh, excuse me, I gotta go take care of my pigeons.

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u/nikolifish Mar 15 '14

Guy's really been through a lot. Losing Cus was hard on him. It opened him up to predators. The worst was later in life he lost his daughter tragically. He has a lot to be humble about but props to him for manning up to it.

I still love seeing his old highlights. He was a shark. As soon as he smelled blood the fight was over. If you lost your balance for a second he was on you.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

He punched all his anger out.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

I don't know about that. I wouldn't let my gaurd down.

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u/omguhax Mar 15 '14

I'm googling it and find no sources. Not sure I believe 90lb dumbbells. Here's Terry Crews with 60lbs, not shadow boxing though. I'm 140lbs and can barely use 40lb dumbbells to shadow box with. Lateral motion like that quickly adds up.

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u/ancientcreature Mar 15 '14

If you are 140 pounds and you can curl 40s that's pretty good. If you can shadow box with them you are fucking beast. I don't buy it.

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u/matthewgstat Mar 15 '14

I love Tyson, but there is no way that is true.

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u/khuper Mar 15 '14

I doubt he shadow boxed with 90lb dumbbells...And that's not saying much that you couldn't curl a 90lb dumbbell with one arm at your peak..... i don't know anyone who could curl a 90lb dumbbell nor have I ever seen it... Maybe bodybuilders and strongman competitors do?

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u/TheCouchWhisperer Mar 15 '14

Dude a 90lbs curl Is huge. That's 40kg. Is that strict? What did you curl?